The pope pointed to the assassination attempt against Donald Trump as an example of growing polarization and mistrust.

Referring to diplomacy as a “vocation” to “foster dialogue with all parties,” the Pope said political leaders are called to be heralds of peace, truth, forgiveness, freedom, and justice.

Cardinal Robert McElroy has supported migrants and said the church should be more inclusive to women and LGBT people.

ROME — Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church in the U.S. capital at the start of Donald Trump ’s second administration.

The appointment of Robert W. McElroy is a signal of the pope’s priorities, two weeks before Donald J. Trump’s term begins.

Outspokenly progressive, Cardinal McElroy is now poised to take over the ecclesiastical territory of the nation’s capital just as Donald Trump is sworn in for a second term as president of the United States.

During Trump's first administration, Cardinal McElroy sharply criticised his plan to launch a mass deportation campaign targeting millions of immigrants living in the United States.

In his annual speech to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis condemned what he said was a universal growth in fake news, pointing to United States President-elect Donald Trump as a victim.

Pope Francis’ decision to appoint a liberal cardinal to the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. was reportedly done in response to the person President-elect Donald Trump selected as Vatican ambassador. The Pope on Monday announced his appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego,

In a latest development it has been known that Pope Francis pretty recently appointed a major sharp critic of US President- elect Donald Trump to become the next archbishop of Washington DC. This development actually came just somedays prior of the inauguration of US President- elect Donald Trump.

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church's religious orders.